• Between 1962 and 2008, in 94.7 percent of NFL football games, the last offensive play by the losing team was an incomplete pass.

• In 1960, the average NFL player used a single pair of cleats for 14.23 games. In 2005, the average NFL player used 19 different pairs of athletic shoes in a 16 game season.

• During the 2009 regular season, six NFL teams had leather helmets in stock in their equipment rooms.

• Of the players in the NFL between 1960 and 2000, 99.1 percent were born in the contintental United States.

• New Zealand has the second higest ratings for the NFL's Super Bowl, on a per capita basis, after the United States.

• In the United States, 87.3 percent of "pigs in a blanket" are consumed between Thanksgiving and Super Bowl Sunday.

• The Burj Khalifa in Dubai, which is the world's tallest building, used more sand in its concrete than is on all the beaches in Massachusettes.

• Adam Sandler derives more income from royalties on his Hanukkah Song than on residuals from his television performances.

• Four months after his death, Senator Edward Kennedy's Senate email address recieved an average of 1276 emails per day.

• As of 2010, no U.S. President had ever worn dental braces as a child.

• December 31 is the only day of the year during which there are more people on the island of Manhattan between 6:00 and 11:59 PM than between noon and 6:00 PM.

• Each year, more champagne is consumed to celebrate weddings than to celebrate the New Year.

• The portion of the population that is awake at 12:01 AM increases approximately 3.8 percent over the norm on New Year's Day. The portion of the population that is awake at 1:00 AM decreases approximately 18 percent over the norm on New Years day.

• In much of Indochina, it is considered bad luck to kiss anyone between sundown and midnight on December 31st.

• Approximately 14 percent of the population makes one or more New Year's resolutions. Approximately 98 percent of those resolutions are not kept for more than three weeks.